Well guys thank you all... but that what i really didn't want... sctipts i can write my self. What i really wanted is to find out if you can get what the ping binary in solaris does not a scripts to emulate it. Is there such a tool for linux? Noam rcs wrote: > Ooops! > and > if [ $# != 2 ]... > should be > if [ $# != 1 ] > > Sorry, it's been a long long day. here's the new code: > > #!/bin/sh > if [ $# != 1 ]; then echo "usage: $0 <host>"; exit; fi > ping -c 1 $1 >/dev/null 2>&1 > if [ $? == 0 ] > then > echo $1 is alive > else > echo $1 is not answering (to ICMP echo-request) > fi > > Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> rcs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> #!/bin/sh >>> if [ $# != 2 ]; then echo "usage: $0 <host>"; exit; fi >>> ping -c 1 $1 >>> if [ $? == 0 ] >>> then >>> echo $0 is alive. >>> else >>> echo $0 is not answering (to ICMP echo-request). >>> fi >> >> $0 should be $1, shouldn't it? >> >> -- >> Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If it aint't broken it hasn't got enough features yet. > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
